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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benjamin Scherer, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Gimelli & Co. AG, Zollikofen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15 221 ; 15 28 ; 433131 ; 74 99 ;
Abstract
An electric toothbrush has a reciprocating connecting rod in a brush member. The brush member is constructed as a brush head at its front end and has there two rows of rotatable bristle holders which each engage with a cam in a transversely running groove in the connecting rod. Rectilinear movement of the connecting rod leads to an alternating rotating movement of the bristle holders.